BCD Adiga Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga. Read by Sam Dastor. 13 discs. 15+ hours. “…satirical inquiry into the forces at work in the new India. Dharmen Shah, an excessively ambitious developer, is hell-bent on buying out the co-op group, tearing down the tower, and erecting a monumental dream palace. His cash offer functions like a stick thrust into a beehive…riveting novel of greed, conspiracy, and bloodshed.” Booklist 9/1/11

Have you ever had a song that brings you back to a particular memory in time? Or a movie you watched that reminded you of an event in your life? I have. Whenever I hear “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles, I’m reminded by the kindness of a neighbor who bought me my first 45 rpm record. Remember those? Funny, we didn’t even own a phonograph player to listen to it, yet I loved that single. Or, watching Ben Hur, the only movie I remember my father taking me to see in a theatre. Well, what does this have to do with cooking you may ask? Our lives are made of many such stories as it relates to cooking and food as well.

India Black and the Widow of Windsor by Carol K. CarrCity of Whispers by Marcia MullerDeath at Christy Burke's by Anne EmeryUncertain Place by Fred VargasChocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna CarlDeath by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlayBad Moon by Todd RitterOne Foot in the Gravy by Delia RosenMurder of a Creped Suzette by Denise SwansonStudy in Scarlet edited by Laurie R. KingMurder on Music Road by Stuart DillUntil Thy Wrath be Past by Asa LarssonChalice of Blood by Peter TremayneI am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan BradleyFever Dream by Dennis PalumboLost Women of Lost Lake by Ellen Hart

You've lived through hurricanes, record rainfall, freak snow storms and protests on Wall Street. What's going on? This fiction book reads like today's headlines. Bring your friends and parents to this discussion as this story explores the world of London's Laura Brown, a 16-year-old punk rocker who just wants to make it big in a world that's falling apart. The discussion will be held on December 14th at 7PM.

A popular online social network site allows one to express a thought as well as display pictures on a 'wall.' Friends can add their comments to the wall or choose to 'like' what they see. The dialogue below between three friends is fueled by a composite of various situations one might encounter working at a library, real or imagined.

Friend 1: I'm going to the library today

Friend 2: Like

Friend 3: I go to the library often and browse the fiction shelves and look through the DVD collection. There is something special I'm trying to find.

#2: Like

#1: Today I want to renew a DVD. It has a whole year of episodes of a TV show my mom watched when she was a teenager. I have one more disc to see, but I've renewed it 2 times already.